«Grand Filon»

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(0%,17%,34%,43%)
Color RGB
R: 150 G: 125 B: 100
Rank
lithostratigraphic Bed
Validity
Unit is not in Use
Status
local name (informal)

Nomenclature

Deutsch
«Grand Filon»
Français
«Grand Filon»
Italiano
«Grand Filon»
English
«Grand Filon»
Historical Variants

filon supérieur / filon principal (de Razoumowsky 1789 p.50), grande couche (Zollikofer 1853), grand filon (de la Harpe 1856b, Gaudin 1856), Grand Filon (Ritter 1925, Bersier 1945, Weidmann 1982, Habicht 1987)

Description

Thickness
24 cm (Zollikofer 1853), 10 cm en moyenne (Ritter 1925), 10-18 cm (Weidmann 1982)

Hierarchy and sequence

Superordinate unit

Age

Age at top
  • late Chattian
Age at base
  • late Chattian

Geography

Geographical extent
Paudex-Belmont (VD).

Palaenography and tectonic

  • USM-I
Paleogeography
North Alpine Foreland Basin
Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • sedimentary
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